10/26/2011

TelecoWorld: South Korea

 

Official Name: Republic of Korea Capital: Seul Population: 48.33 millions Currency: Won Sul-Coreanao Calling Code: +82 Regulatory Agency: mic

 

 

The following figure presents the number of Fixed and cellulars phones in Korea.

 

Source: UIT.

 

 

Million	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Mobile Accesses	40.0	43.5	45.6	47.9	50.8
Fixed Telephone	26.9	23.3	21.3	19.3	19.3
Broadband	14.0	14.7	15.5	16.3	17.2

Source: KCC, UIT and Operators

 

 

Densities

 

Millions	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Mobile Accesses	82.8	89.8	93.8	99.2	103.9
Fixed Telephone	55.6	48.1	25.8	39.9	39.4
Broadband	29.1	30.4	31.8	33.8	35.2

Source: KCC, UIT and Operators

 

 

Quarter and Month Results

 

Cellular Operators (thousands)

 

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
SK Telecom (SKT)	24,825	25,146	25,445	25,705	25,989	26,269	1.1%	4.5%
KT Freetel (KTF)	15,368	15,594	15,831	16,041	16,299	16,776	2.9%	7.6%
LG Telecom (LGT)	8,786	8,868	8,940	9,022	9,077	9,185	1.2%	3.6%
Total (thousand)	48,979	49,608	50,216	50,768	51,365	52,230	1.7%	5.3%
Cell/100 inhab	100.7	102.0	103.2	104.4	105.6	107.4	-	-
3G %	53.7%	55.4%	54.8%	-	-	-	-	-

 

The technology adopted by the operators in Korea, with Government support, is CDMA, SK, and KT they have network with CDMA 1xEV-DO since 2002 and with WCDMA since 2004. In May 2006, SK began HSDPA services.

 

The following table presents the % of Total Revenue Services SK and KT.

 

3G Indicators

 

SK Telecom (SKT)

 

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Mobile Accesses	24,825	25,146	25,445	25,705	25,989	26,269	1.1%	4.5%
Churn Rate	2.5%	2.6%	3.1%	2.6%	2.50%	2.70%	-	-
ARPU (Won)	41,003	41,187	41,923	41,368	40,393	40,738	0.9%	(1.1%)
ARPU (US$)	36.3	33.7	36.8	36.6	36.8	38.2	3.6%	13.2%
% ARPU Data*/ARPU Total	22.1%	23.1%	24.1%	27.2%	-	-	-	-

*Wireless Internet.

 

 

KT Freetel (KTF)

 

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Subs (Thousands)	15,368	15,594	15,831	16,041	16,299	16,776	2.9%	7.6%
CDMA	2,411	2,012	1,641	1,393	1,105	533	(51.8%)	(73.5%)
WCDMA	12,957	13,582	14,190	14,648	15,194	15,763	3.7%	16.1%
Churn Rate(%)	2.9%	3.0%	3.5%	2.9%	2.8%	3.4%	-	-
ARPU* (Won)	35,961	36,807	36,515	35,024	34,261	34,296	0.1%	(6.8%)
ARPU (US$)	31.8	30.1	32.0	31.0	31.2	32.1	2.8%	6.6%
% ARPU Data/ ARPU Total	20.6%	21.2%	22.0%	25.2%	28.7%	30.6%	-	-

 

 

LG U+ (Plus)

 

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
LGT Subs	8,786	8,868	8,940	9,022	9,077	9,185	1.2%	3.6%
Churn Rate	3.4%	3.4%	4.0%	3.5%	3.6%	3.4%	-	-
ARPU (Won)	32,363	32,933	32,209	30,350	29,595	30,195	2.0%	(8.3%)
ARPU (US$)	28.6	27.0	28.2	26.8	27.0	28.3	4.8%	4.9%
% ARPU Data/ARPU Total	14.6%	15.3%	16.3%	18.2%	19.6%	22.2%	-	-

 

 

SKTelecom: www.sktelecom.com/eng KT: www.kt.com/eng LG U+: www.lguplus.com

 

 

 

In the korean market there are barriers to the users don't change operator. The government limit the competition between operators Prohibiting the subsidy of cell phone terminals establishing rules to service plans.

 

 

Annual Results

 

Cellular Operators (Thousands)

 

Thousands	2007	2008	2009	2010	∆Year
SK Telecom (SKT)	21,968	22,371	24,270	25,705	5.9%
KT Freetel (KTF)	7,809	7,955	8,658	9,022	1.3%
LG Telecom (LGT)	13,721	14,365	15,831	16,041	4.2%
Total (thousands)	43,498	44,691	48,759	50,768	4.1%
Cell./100 inhab	89.8	91.4	100.5	104.4	3.8%
3G %	13.1%	36.9%	50.9%	-	-

 

 

The technology adopted by Korea's operators, with Government support, is CDMA. SK and KT have CDMA 1xEV-DO since 2002 and WCDMA since 2004. May 2006 SK began HSDPA services.

 

 

Fixed Telephony Operators

 

KT Freetel (KTF)

 

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Fixed Accesses	19,586	19,477	19,432	19,359	19,386	19,272	(0.6%)	(1.1%)
PSTN	17,614	17,255	16,942	16,635	16,453	16,234	(1.3%)	(5.9%)
VoIP	1,972	2,222	2,490	2,724	2,932	3,038	3.6%	36.7%
Broadband	7,090	7,189	7,315	7,424	7,552	7,629	1.0%	6.1%
IPTV	1,312	1,569	1,790	2,085	2,393	2,622	9.6%	67.1%

 

 

 

LG U+ (Plus)

Thousands	1Q10	2Q10	3Q10	4Q10	1Q11	2Q11	∆Qter	∆Year
Fixed Accesses	2,541	2,683	2,846	3,032	3,199	3,364	5.2%	25.4%
PSTN	2,294	2,427	2,580	2,750	2,888	3,026	4.8%	24.7%
VoIP	247	256	267	283	311	338	8.7%	32.0%
Broadband	2,587	2,641	2,706	2,773	2,787	2,819	1.1%	6.7%
IPTV	381	447	530	613	678	748	10.3%	67.3%

 

 

SKTelecom, also offers fixed telephony services, however, its doesn't publishes periodic results.

 

 

SKTelecom: www.sktelecom.com/eng KT: www.kt.com/eng LG U+: www.lguplus.com

 

 

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